Apr 15 2024
Blackstar
David Bowie
3
Apr 16 2024
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd at their very best
5
Apr 17 2024
Live At The Regal
B.B. King
Never really listened to blues properly and this is a masterclass - what a voice.
4
Apr 18 2024
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
Released in 1992 and an album I liked but didnβt love.
The tracks are commentary on American racism, police brutality, corporate greed - all of which are unfortunately still as relevant today (if not more so) and the desire to rise up and reclaim power.
My issue has always been that it ends up all sounding the same - by halfway through the album youβve switched off to the lyrics as De la Rocha screams in your ear and the guitar and bass fight for dominance on the audio.
3
Apr 19 2024
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
An album that sums up Paul McCartney - willing to throw anything at the wall and see what sticks.
Thereβs highs and lows on this one - the opening 3 tracks are some of his best solo work, then it dips for a bit and picks up at the end.
3
Apr 22 2024
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
Iβve never really liked the doors and this doesnβt change my mind. Not sure what makes this one of the 1001 albums I need to listen to but I have now done that and probably wonβt listen to it ever again.
A 2 pointer just to let me rate another of their albums lower.
2
Apr 23 2024
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
A band Iβve heard of but not listened to. Pleasantly surprised - maybe just because this was a Monday morning album and I needed something upbeat but this hit all the right notes.
A couple of tracks fell flat on the 2nd half for me but overall a decent album that will make me go back and listen to their other work.
4
Apr 24 2024
Homework
Daft Punk
One of the albums on the list Iβve listened to since I first heard βda Funkβ with the iconic video of the dog man walking the streets of New York.
Probably my personal 3rd favourite Daft Punk album (Alive 2007 and Discovery beat it to the punch) but even with that itβs still a 5 star for me.
Just sad theyβve split up and I wonβt get a chance to see them perform their magic live.
5
Apr 25 2024
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
Itβs a weird album that I never fully got into at the time as all that stuff was diametrically opposed to my rock sensibilities at the time - obv then I went to college and the drugs kicked in :)
Still an album of highs and lows as it gets a bit lost in the βwe have samplersβ of the late 80βs house music scene but is certainly an album that defined a decade in how it managed to blend house, rock and gospel.
4
Apr 26 2024
Shadowland
k.d. lang
Country isnβt a genre I really enjoy and this album of covers is a mixed bag. Thereβs a couple of decent tunes but most of them just feel forced.
Another one ticked off the list but I canβt say itβs made me a country fan or any more inclined to listen to KD Lang.
1
Apr 27 2024
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
One of the best albums of all time. There isnβt a bad track on here - even Moby Dick which is just essentially a 4 minute drum solo is superb.
Few albums can top this - apart from maybe Led Zep IV but itβs a close call.
5
Apr 28 2024
Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
An inoffensive album that absolutely sounds like the 60βs - couple of proper stinkers on there that break the feel of the album but in general itβs the kind of thing Iβd expect to play in the background of a hotel lobby somewhere. Iβm now off to watch Austin Powers.
3
Apr 29 2024
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
What can I say - itβs inoffensive American radio rock - AOR I think they used to call it.
Is it bad - no - is it in any way exceptional - no.
2
Apr 30 2024
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
Soulful, funky upbeat 70βs.
4
May 01 2024
The Coral
The Coral
Sea shanties, reggae, indie rock, ska all blended together to become less than the sum of its parts.
Dreaming of you is a standout song in a sea of try hard blandness - I can only think when they drew the list up and needed to include 2002 there was very little from that year to choose from.
1
May 02 2024
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
Part of the reason I started this journey was to hear music that wouldnβt normally have appeared on my radar.
Really enjoyed this one.
4
May 03 2024
Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
I wondered what I was getting with a solo Brian Eno album but this a surprising classic that seems to have eluded me until now.
5
May 04 2024
The College Dropout
Kanye West
Can you separate art and the artist. Not when they get even a penny of my streaming money.
This may be the greatest album of all time (itβs not) but Iβll skip it as Kanye is a piece of shit.
1
May 05 2024
A Northern Soul
The Verve
3
May 06 2024
Melodrama
Lorde
Iβm obviously getting old as this sounds like much of the current line of female pop, I couldnβt tell the difference between a Lorde song and a hundred other chart songs.
Forgettable.
1
May 07 2024
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
2
May 08 2024
Document
R.E.M.
One of the best albums from REM who had a run of classics from 87 -92.
4
May 09 2024
Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
Not a big country fan but quite enjoyed this.
2
May 10 2024
Zombie
Fela Kuti
I can appreciate this without actually enjoying it.
2
May 11 2024
The Specials
The Specials
2
May 12 2024
Feast of Wire
Calexico
2
May 13 2024
Stripped
Christina Aguilera
1
May 14 2024
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
Another one I know songs from but never listened to - can hear the influence this had directly on bands like Nirvana.
One that Iβll now have on my rotation of albums I think.
4
May 15 2024
Calenture
The Triffids
Had never heard of this band and after listening to the album I know why. Generic 80βs sounds abound and it occasionally reminds you of music by a better artist.
Not sure why I needed to listen to this one before I die - unless it was to show me there were better albums in this year.
If you want a better Aussie music from 1987 go listen to INXS - Kick which is criminally missing from the list.
1
May 16 2024
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
Itβs always interesting when you get handed something thatβs well outside your usual musical sphere however the album feels overly long - probably because by the end of the second track it becomes very similar sounding (to my ears at least).
Glad to have listened to it but itβs not for me.
2
May 17 2024
Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
Itβs alright - mid 90βs R&B but ultimately forgettable background music.
2
May 18 2024
Elephant
The White Stripes
An album Iβve heard but never really listened to if that makes sense.
I didnβt get into the white stripes - probably because I was going through my βitβs popular so canβt be goodβ phase.
Well Iβm proven wrong as this album is an absolute joy from beginning to end.
Starting with the best bassline ever and just keeping the momentum going for the entire album.
Ball and biscuit being an absolute highlight.
5
May 19 2024
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
Absolute tosh.
1
May 20 2024
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Thereβs a fine line between genius and madman - Zappa strides it confidently. Probably his most accessible album but even then it tests your patience at times when it descends into the band having a drawn out jam session.
4
May 21 2024
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
4
May 22 2024
B-52's
The B-52's
Iβve listened to the B-52βs several times and outside of a couple of tracks just havenβt got on with them.
This still hasnβt changed.
2
May 23 2024
Out of Step
Minor Threat
I think Iβm not angry enough these days to appreciate this but can hear the influence it had on a lot of stuff I did listen to.
2
May 24 2024
...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
2
May 25 2024
Pearl
Janis Joplin
An album/artist I havenβt listened to in 20+ years. She had an amazing voice but the overall album is a mixed bag.
3
May 26 2024
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
3
May 27 2024
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
Elevator music for old people in vegas.
1
May 28 2024
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
A 2 track jazz fusion jam session - oh god what will I need to endure!!
First listen I was a bit bemused at what I was listening to.
Second listen I found some moments that I quite enjoyed.
Third listen I realised it needed to be approached like an aphex twin ambient album - let yourself just be taken where the band leads you.
Iβm not a jazz convert yet but itβs not the painful experience Iβd anticipated.
A decent 3 that may one day become a 4 if I go back to it in future times.
3
May 29 2024
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
5
May 30 2024
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
I only knew the singles and they are still the best things from this. Surprised to find they have more than one album - even more surprising to find thereβs 3 on the list as I honestly thought they were at most a one album wonder.
Shows how much of an impact they had one me in the 80s.
2
May 31 2024
White Ladder
David Gray
2
Jun 01 2024
Diamond Life
Sade
3
Jun 02 2024
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
1
Jun 03 2024
Siembra
Willie ColΓ³n & RubΓ©n Blades
3
Jun 04 2024
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3
Jun 05 2024
Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
Starts pretty normally and descends into absolute madness.
Musically excellent when it tries and as mad as a box of frogs at others. I canβt say I enjoyed about half of the album but itβs certainly an experience.
3
Jun 06 2024
Metallica
Metallica
4
Jun 07 2024
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
Still an album that I struggle to like - just kinda meandering around and never sounding like something cohesive. Influential but not for me.
3
Jun 08 2024
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
This has made me enjoy jazzβ
5
Jun 09 2024
Central Reservation
Beth Orton
3
Jun 10 2024
Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
3
Jun 11 2024
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
4
Jun 12 2024
Microshift
Hookworms
3
Jun 13 2024
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
2
Jun 14 2024
Kimono My House
Sparks
So outside of the 1st track Iβd never heard this - no idea why itβs all kinds of awesome. Eclectic, funny and just on the right side of glam rock to keep me listening.
I always knew that lots of bands mention sparks as an influence and now I know why.
4
Jun 15 2024
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
I always took Dylan as folky guitar, mouth organ and mumbled βsingingβ.
This however shows he was at one point capable of making every syllable crystal clear.
This allows you to hear the one thing he did better than anyone - lyrics.
Thereβs a reason his songs get covered by so many artists. Did it convert me to a fan - probably not but I have a better appreciation of the man.
3
Jun 16 2024
Konnichiwa
Skepta
Iβm just too old and not from London so grime just annoys me.
1
Jun 17 2024
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
2
Jun 18 2024
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
Jun 19 2024
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
One of the defining albums of the 80βs - when I think back to visiting London the number of Frankie says shirts, the videos, the controversy but thankfully the music is also superb.
Pleasuredome, Relax, Two Tribes and power of love are still as good now as they ever were.
Thereβs still too many covers padding out the run time (despite the quality of them) and that keeps it from a 5 but the big tacks absolutely justify a 4.
4
Jun 20 2024
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Is there anything that screams 70βs prog excess more than a prog rock adaptation of a classical piece inspired by an exhibition of a dead painters art.
This may well be the absolute embodiment of why the genre became hugely uncool and died.
Itβs not that itβs bad itβs just getting so high on the smell of its own farts that you can almost taste it now. I bet the audience in Newcastle still have folk asking βwho dropped oneβ when they walk into a room the stench is so great.
3
Jun 21 2024
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
2
Jun 22 2024
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
Feel wrong to have to rate this as itβs one of the most influential albums of all time, one of my most played and most loved.
Thereβs a reason itβs so well regarded.
5
Jun 23 2024
The Undertones
The Undertones
I enjoyed this but didnβt love it.
3
Jun 24 2024
Quiet Life
Japan
3
Jun 25 2024
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
3
Jun 26 2024
All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
Late 80βs hiphop/ house has aged badly.
2
Jun 27 2024
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3
Jun 28 2024
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
4
Jun 29 2024
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
4
Jun 30 2024
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
3
Jul 01 2024
Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
Everything awful about 80βs music in one album.
1
Jul 02 2024
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
4
Jul 03 2024
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3
Jul 04 2024
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
3
Jul 05 2024
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
3
Jul 06 2024
A Night At The Opera
Queen
4
Jul 07 2024
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
4
Jul 08 2024
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
1
Jul 09 2024
xx
The xx
4
Jul 10 2024
Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
Mid 80βs chart pop - exactly the kind of stuff I hated back in the day.
2
Jul 11 2024
Low
David Bowie
4
Jul 12 2024
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Didnβt enjoy as much as the more Freeform long play stuff weβve already had - still good though.
3
Jul 13 2024
British Steel
Judas Priest
An absolute classic slice of British metal - I was always more of a maiden fan but you can see their influences are the same.
4
Jul 14 2024
New Wave
The Auteurs
Had never heard of this band before - after listening I know why.
1
Jul 15 2024
Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
Christ I hated them in he 80βs - I havenβt changed my opinion - hold music for car insurance.
1
Jul 16 2024
Live!
Fela Kuti
4
Jul 17 2024
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
1
Jul 18 2024
Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
2
Jul 19 2024
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
A French hip hop album - really!! That was my first thoughts when hitting play - however despite not understanding whatβs being said the album has a really nice chilled flow. I considered looking up a translation but some things are best left alone.
3
Jul 20 2024
1984
Van Halen
4
Jul 21 2024
Headquarters
The Monkees
4
Jul 22 2024
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
3
Jul 23 2024
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
2
Jul 24 2024
Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4
Jul 25 2024
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
Hadnβt heard this in years - still holds up well
4
Jul 26 2024
Snivilisation
Orbital
3
Jul 27 2024
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
4
Jul 28 2024
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
4
Jul 29 2024
Iβm a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
2
Jul 30 2024
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
2
Jul 31 2024
In Our Heads
Hot Chip
2
Aug 01 2024
Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
2
Aug 02 2024
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4
Aug 03 2024
Stardust
Willie Nelson
2
Aug 04 2024
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
3
Aug 05 2024
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
A classic bit of prog
4
Aug 06 2024
Pretenders
Pretenders
3
Aug 07 2024
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
2
Aug 08 2024
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
5
Aug 09 2024
Smash
The Offspring
Listening to this just reminds me of getting wasted playing Tony hawks pro skater for hours at a mates house. Doesnβt quite stand the test of time but thereβs a few tracks that are still great.
3
Aug 10 2024
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
A classic and cornerstone of metal.
5
Aug 11 2024
Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
3
Aug 12 2024
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
I just canβt get into Nick Cave - his voice grates and he seems like the most miserable man on the planet. This album especially - I had to split up the listen over an entire day to get through it without wanting to drink bleach.
1
Aug 13 2024
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
Had never heard of this artist until today and I listened to all 3 of his albums. An absolute hidden gem to me and one Iβll be adding to my regular playlist.
5
Aug 14 2024
The ArchAndroid
Janelle MonΓ‘e
I can appreciate talent but itβs not for me.
2
Aug 15 2024
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
A classic but maybe not one thatβs stood the test of time.
3
Aug 16 2024
Metal Box
Public Image Ltd.
Iβm all for experimenting in music but this tuneless mess of an album isnβt anything more than up his own arse Lydon furiously masturbating at how edgy he thinks he is.
The only thing holding this together is the bass playing on every track which might be the only redeeming feature.
1
Aug 17 2024
Arrival
ABBA
I never really thought of abba as an album band - big hit singles are their bread and butter.
This kinda show that - the singles are top class 70βs pop but the rest are a mixed bag.
4
Aug 18 2024
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
The album that got me into metal - I had everything Maiden recorded between this and Fear of the Dark and have listened to this one regularly for the last 40 years.
5
Aug 19 2024
Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Is there such a thing as too proggy - this may be it.
3
Aug 20 2024
(Pronounced 'Leh-'NΓ©rd 'Skin-'NΓ©rd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3
Aug 21 2024
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
An all time classic. Meat Loaf may have been the only person who could pull off this OTT mix of rock, opera and pure cheese.
5
Aug 22 2024
Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
2
Aug 23 2024
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
2
Aug 24 2024
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
2
Aug 25 2024
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
3
Aug 26 2024
Van Halen
Van Halen
I should like van halen - a talented front man, some amazing guitar work but it just feels like the single influence on 80βs hair metal and the US bands that made the genre a joke.
Some decent songs but not enough for me to listen again.
3
Aug 27 2024
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
4
Aug 28 2024
Black Metal
Venom
An album Iβve not listened to since my first foray into metal in the 80βs. Wasnβt to my taste then but can see the influence it had on entire genre.
3
Aug 29 2024
Machine Head
Deep Purple
5
Aug 30 2024
Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
An interesting listen - hadnβt heard of them before and itβs definitely a massive influence on what would become punk in a few years.
4
Aug 31 2024
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
Sep 01 2024
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3
Sep 02 2024
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
4
Sep 03 2024
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
4
Sep 04 2024
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
A nice slice of 60s psychedelia
4
Sep 05 2024
The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
3
Sep 06 2024
Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
1
Sep 07 2024
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
A belter of an album by an artist at the top of their game.
5
Sep 08 2024
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
5
Sep 09 2024
Risque
CHIC
Some funky sounds on this but gets a bit samey.
3
Sep 10 2024
Liquid Swords
GZA
3
Sep 11 2024
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
This is one of those albums that mostly everyone in the late 90βs owned. A few classic tracks but relentlessly repetitive on the fillers.
3
Sep 12 2024
Aja
Steely Dan
Another dull album for 1970βs american radio - honestly canβt see what about this I needed to hear before I went to bed today - far less before I die.
Worse of all thereβs several more of this bland Americana on the list - I can only assume the author needed to tick a βmusic for people with no tasteβ option.
The only redeeming feature is that De La Soul sampled βPegβ and made it into a much better song.
1
Sep 13 2024
Basket of Light
Pentangle
Quite enjoyed this - Iβm now off to read pillars of the earth and drink mead.
3
Sep 14 2024
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
4
Sep 15 2024
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
4
Sep 16 2024
American Idiot
Green Day
The high water mark for Green Day and another album Iβve listened to constantly since its release.
5
Sep 17 2024
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
Iβm not quite sure if Iβm ready for experimental jazz - I think I enjoyed it but it also filled me with dread.
I also want to go watch some film noir now for some reason.
4
Sep 18 2024
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
More music needs flutes
4
Sep 19 2024
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
3
Sep 20 2024
Pornography
The Cure
The cure at their lowest ebb manage to make some of their best music.
4
Sep 21 2024
1989
Taylor Swift
Pop perfection - thereβs not a song on this that couldnβt be released as a chart single. You may not be a fan of Taylor Swift but you canβt deny that sheβs a massive talent and stands head and shoulders above the multitude of copycat artists that have appeared since this album.
4
Sep 22 2024
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
Never heard him before outside of tunes for Toy Story - thatβs all I could think of while listening to this - however with the lyrical content itβs unlikely any of these are appearing in the next Pixar production!!!
2
Sep 23 2024
Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
Would have been a 2 but the late great Johnny Ace added a point.
3
Sep 24 2024
The White Album
Beatles
5
Sep 25 2024
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Pretentious art school rock but I canβt help myself - this album is an absolute banger.
4
Sep 26 2024
White Light
Gene Clark
The byrds and their respective members were much more fun when taking LSD.
1
Sep 27 2024
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
3
Sep 28 2024
Ten
Pearl Jam
One of the best albums to come out of the grunge scene. Some of the tracks still hit hard (Jeremy, Black). Itβs been on rotation in my collection for over 30 years now.
5
Sep 29 2024
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
Me and this album have many memories, chilling with friends, post party early mornings, late night gatherings.
Sheer ambient bliss. Itβs not for everyone but for me itβs my go to album to find that zen place.
5
Sep 30 2024
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
3
Oct 01 2024
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
Canβt deny the man has a voice made for soul - unfortunately the entire album comes across as self indulgent and kinda uninteresting for large parts of each track.
2
Oct 02 2024
Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka TourΓ©
Relaxing enough sounds but nothing if actively choose to listen to again.
2
Oct 03 2024
Who's Next
The Who
5
Oct 04 2024
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
4
Oct 05 2024
The Doors
The Doors
The doors best album but still bogged down by Morrisonβs bad poetry masquerading as lyrics. Overrated.
2
Oct 06 2024
Scott 2
Scott Walker
4
Oct 07 2024
Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3
Oct 08 2024
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
Iβve never been a fan of Springsteen but I absolutely get why he is huge. The album is mostly end to end hit after hit.
Maybe you need to be from the states to connect with it.
3
Oct 09 2024
Signing Off
UB40
2
Oct 10 2024
Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
4
Oct 11 2024
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
I just canβt get into Bob Dylan - as a songwriter heβs one of the best ever but as a singer he sounds like a drunk in a pub karaoke.
2
Oct 12 2024
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
3
Oct 13 2024
Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
A hard one to rate as itβs not an easy listen for someone coming into it blind. Itβs a 3 because itβs not clicked for me - it may become a 4 in the future but I canβt amend votes.
3
Oct 14 2024
Bad
Michael Jackson
This has aged like milk.
2
Oct 15 2024
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
3
Oct 16 2024
Rust In Peace
Megadeth
5
Oct 17 2024
Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
1
Oct 18 2024
En-Tact
The Shamen
3
Oct 19 2024
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
4
Oct 20 2024
California
American Music Club
3
Oct 21 2024
Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
3
Oct 22 2024
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
I was a fan of this in the 90βs and it still holds up well.
4
Oct 23 2024
Ray Of Light
Madonna
Got to give Madonna her due - she always knew how to jump on a trend. This is her late 90βs electro pop period and probably the last decent album she made.
3
Oct 24 2024
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
3
Oct 25 2024
Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2
Oct 26 2024
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
I just canβt take to Janis Joplin - thereβs some great musicianship on this album but every time she opens her mouth it ruins it.
2
Oct 27 2024
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
3
Oct 28 2024
Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
3
Oct 29 2024
Parklife
Blur
The high water mark of britpop and Blurs best album.
5
Oct 30 2024
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
Just the 60βs in musical form.
4
Oct 31 2024
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
4
Nov 01 2024
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
2
Nov 02 2024
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
2
Nov 03 2024
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
4
Nov 04 2024
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
4
Nov 05 2024
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
3
Nov 06 2024
I Against I
Bad Brains
2
Nov 07 2024
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
2
Nov 08 2024
Purple Rain
Prince
5
Nov 09 2024
...And Justice For All
Metallica
5
Nov 10 2024
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
4
Nov 11 2024
Smile
Brian Wilson
3
Nov 12 2024
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
3
Nov 13 2024
First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
2
Nov 14 2024
Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
1
Nov 15 2024
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
1
Nov 16 2024
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
3
Nov 17 2024
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
4
Nov 17 2024
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
3
Nov 18 2024
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
3
Nov 19 2024
Stankonia
OutKast
2
Nov 20 2024
Brothers
The Black Keys
3
Nov 21 2024
Connected
Stereo MC's
3
Nov 22 2024
Among The Living
Anthrax
4
Nov 23 2024
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
4
Nov 24 2024
Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
3
Nov 25 2024
You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
2
Nov 26 2024
The KΓΆln Concert
Keith Jarrett
5
Nov 27 2024
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
1
Nov 28 2024
Truth And Soul
Fishbone
4
Nov 29 2024
NEU! 75
Neu!
3
Nov 30 2024
Abraxas
Santana
3
Dec 01 2024
Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
2
Dec 02 2024
Parachutes
Coldplay
2
Dec 03 2024
On The Beach
Neil Young
I just canβt listen to his voice.
2
Dec 04 2024
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
I canβt help but love the big band excess paired with that set of pipes.
3
Dec 05 2024
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
3
Dec 06 2024
Nixon
Lambchop
Dull Dull Dull
1
Dec 07 2024
Tidal
Fiona Apple
4
Dec 08 2024
The Stranger
Billy Joel
3
Dec 09 2024
Moondance
Van Morrison
3
Dec 10 2024
The Score
Fugees
4
Dec 11 2024
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
3
Dec 12 2024
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2
Dec 13 2024
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4
Dec 14 2024
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
3
Dec 15 2024
Eternally Yours
The Saints
3
Dec 16 2024
Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
1
Dec 17 2024
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
2
Dec 18 2024
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
4
Dec 19 2024
Shleep
Robert Wyatt
Interesting as a curio but wouldnβt listen again.
2
Dec 20 2024
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
2
Dec 21 2024
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
2
Dec 22 2024
Fragile
Yes
3
Dec 23 2024
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
2
Dec 24 2024
Dookie
Green Day
5
Dec 25 2024
Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
1
Dec 26 2024
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
4
Dec 27 2024
Remedy
Basement Jaxx
3
Dec 28 2024
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
4
Dec 29 2024
Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
4
Dec 30 2024
Close To The Edge
Yes
3
Dec 31 2024
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
4
Jan 01 2025
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
4
Jan 02 2025
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
2
Jan 03 2025
Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
3
Jan 04 2025
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
3
Jan 05 2025
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
4
Jan 06 2025
Porcupine
Echo And The Bunnymen
3
Jan 07 2025
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
2
Jan 08 2025
Hypnotised
The Undertones
3
Jan 09 2025
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
MotΓΆrhead
3
Jan 10 2025
Tanto Tempo
Bebel Gilberto
4
Jan 11 2025
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Fck Kanye
1
Jan 12 2025
Horses
Patti Smith
3
Jan 13 2025
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
4
Jan 14 2025
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
4
Jan 15 2025
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
Better than the other album they had on the list but still manages to be dull as ditchwater.
2
Jan 16 2025
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
3
Jan 17 2025
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
One of the best albums of its type - a myriad of samples mixed to make a kaleidoscopic album that flows from track to track.
5
Jan 18 2025
The Next Day
David Bowie
For an artist that had such a long career this is a return to form.
4
Jan 19 2025
The Last Broadcast
Doves
Another of those albums that loads of my friends loved and I just didnβt get - itβs alright and there goes the fear is a cracker of a song bit it never quite reaches the greatness of that tune.
Itβs a solid 2.5 out of 5 but I canβt give half points.
3
Jan 20 2025
Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
It may be the origin of heavy metal (stateside) but Sabbath did it better. An interesting piece of music history.
2
Jan 21 2025
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
4
Jan 22 2025
Blur
Blur
4
Jan 23 2025
Me Against The World
2Pac
2
Jan 24 2025
Like A Prayer
Madonna
Pretty much peak Madge.
4
Jan 25 2025
Parallel Lines
Blondie
The album with most of the songs you know by Blondie - runs out of steam a bit in the last 1/3.
4
Jan 26 2025
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
3
Jan 27 2025
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
I like talking heads but this isnβt the best version of them.
3
Jan 28 2025
Different Class
Pulp
Possibly the best album to come out of the whole Brit pop scene.
5
Jan 29 2025
Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
3
Jan 30 2025
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
1
Jan 31 2025
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3
Feb 01 2025
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4
Feb 02 2025
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
2
Feb 03 2025
Lost Souls
Doves
3
Feb 04 2025
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
A bit more jazz than I maybe like my jazz
3
Feb 05 2025
Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
2
Feb 06 2025
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
Hadnβt heard them before - quite liked it in a modern prog way
3
Feb 07 2025
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
5
Feb 08 2025
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
3
Feb 09 2025
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
4
Feb 10 2025
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
4
Feb 11 2025
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
3
Feb 12 2025
Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
3
Feb 13 2025
Music From Big Pink
The Band
4
Feb 14 2025
Solid Air
John Martyn
3
Feb 15 2025
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
An amazing vocalist but the show tunes vibe isnβt really my thing.
3
Feb 16 2025
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
Argh more boreplay.
3
Feb 17 2025
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
Music for American blue collar workers, steeped in Americana. Unfortunately itβs all a bit too po faced.
Give me Meat Loaf and a bit of cheese any day.
2
Feb 18 2025
Blackstar
David Bowie
3
Feb 19 2025
The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
4
Feb 20 2025
Technique
New Order
Blue Monday and True Faith are amazing songs - unfortunately neither of these are on this album. What we have here is New Order on the cusp of their team up with the England football team and well on the slide into mediocrity.
1
Feb 21 2025
The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
4
Feb 22 2025
Ramones
Ramones
4
Feb 23 2025
Kenya
Machito
3
Feb 24 2025
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
1
Feb 25 2025
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
3
Feb 26 2025
Le Tigre
Le Tigre
2
Feb 27 2025
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
3
Feb 28 2025
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
One amazing song and a bunch that arenβt as good.
3
Mar 01 2025
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
5
Mar 02 2025
Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
3
Mar 03 2025
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
2
Mar 04 2025
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
4
Mar 05 2025
New Forms
Roni Size
2
Mar 06 2025
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
5
Mar 07 2025
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
Goes on a bit
1
Mar 08 2025
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
4
Mar 09 2025
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
3
Mar 10 2025
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
2
Mar 11 2025
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
1
Mar 12 2025
Disintegration
The Cure
4
Mar 13 2025
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
is it something Iβm glad to have heard - possibly.
Is it something Iβd willingly listen to again - no.
1
Mar 14 2025
We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
1
Mar 15 2025
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
3
Mar 16 2025
The Band
The Band
2
Mar 17 2025
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
1
Mar 18 2025
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
3
Mar 19 2025
Atomizer
Big Black
3
Mar 20 2025
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
4
Mar 21 2025
The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
5
Mar 22 2025
Moving Pictures
Rush
5
Mar 23 2025
All Directions
The Temptations
4
Mar 24 2025
The Stooges
The Stooges
3
Mar 25 2025
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
3
Mar 26 2025
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
1
Mar 27 2025
Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
3
Mar 28 2025
Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
4
Mar 29 2025
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
4
Mar 30 2025
Bossanova
Pixies
3
Mar 31 2025
All Mod Cons
The Jam
4
Apr 01 2025
2112
Rush
4
Apr 02 2025
ImmigrΓ©s
Youssou N'Dour
4
Apr 03 2025
Frank
Amy Winehouse
2
Apr 04 2025
Sincere
Mj Cole
1
Apr 05 2025
Raw Power
The Stooges
4
Apr 06 2025
The United States Of America
The United States Of America
3
Apr 07 2025
Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
4
Apr 08 2025
25
Adele
4
Apr 09 2025
Kollaps
EinstΓΌrzende Neubauten
4
Apr 10 2025
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
5
Apr 11 2025
Gold
Ryan Adams
1
Apr 12 2025
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
5
Apr 13 2025
Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
4
Apr 14 2025
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
3
Apr 15 2025
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
Ok but nothing earth shattering
3
Apr 16 2025
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
Like a drunk at karaoke - not for me
1
Apr 17 2025
Blue
Joni Mitchell
2
Apr 18 2025
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
Absolutely nuts but can hear the influence it had on artists like Primus, Beck etc
3
Apr 19 2025
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
Morrissey is a cunt - it says a lot for this album that I can give it 3 stars
3
Apr 20 2025
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
3
Apr 21 2025
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
3
Apr 22 2025
Transformer
Lou Reed
4
Apr 23 2025
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
4
Apr 24 2025
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
2
Apr 25 2025
Music
Madonna
Madge peaked with vogue - this is superfluous noise.
1
Apr 26 2025
Revolver
Beatles
5
Apr 27 2025
Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
3
Apr 28 2025
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
Painfully 80βs and not in a good way.
2
Apr 29 2025
ΓgΓ¦tis Byrjun
Sigur RΓ³s
3
Apr 30 2025
Manassas
Stephen Stills
2
May 01 2025
Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2
May 02 2025
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
3
May 03 2025
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
4
May 04 2025
Movies
Holger Czukay
2
May 05 2025
Space Ritual
Hawkwind
Tried to listen to them over the years but itβs not for me. Itβs meant to sound trippy and futuristic but comes across as dull and a bit wank.
1
May 06 2025
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
I enjoyed this back in the day but like all rap of this era itβs aged badly. The beats are great and the flow is catchy but the lyrical content is terrible.
2
May 07 2025
L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
French nightmare fuel - enjoyed lots
4
May 08 2025
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
4
May 09 2025
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
2
May 10 2025
With The Beatles
Beatles
3
May 11 2025
In It For The Money
Supergrass
4
May 12 2025
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
2
May 13 2025
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
Possibly the best thing Nirvana recorded.
4
May 14 2025
Third
Portishead
3
May 15 2025
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
One of the most uncomfortable listens Iβve had on this list but not a bad album in its own way.
2
May 16 2025
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
3
May 17 2025
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
5
May 18 2025
Palo Congo
Sabu
2
May 19 2025
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
2
May 20 2025
Heroes
David Bowie
3
May 21 2025
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
4
May 22 2025
Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
4
May 23 2025
S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
4
May 24 2025
Celebrity Skin
Hole
3
May 25 2025
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
3
May 26 2025
Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
2
May 27 2025
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
3
May 28 2025
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
2
May 29 2025
Guitar Town
Steve Earle
1
May 30 2025
Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
2
May 31 2025
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
3
Jun 01 2025
Tellinβ Stories
The Charlatans
5
Jun 02 2025
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
2
Jun 03 2025
I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
1
Jun 04 2025
Fromohio
fIREHOSE
1
Jun 05 2025
Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
1
Jun 06 2025
Eagles
Eagles
2
Jun 07 2025
Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand
1
Jun 08 2025
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
5
Jun 10 2025
The Poet
Bobby Womack
2
Jun 11 2025
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
5
Jun 12 2025
69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
1
Jun 13 2025
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
4
Jun 14 2025
Hejira
Joni Mitchell
2
Jun 15 2025
Seventh Tree
Goldfrapp
3
Jun 16 2025
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
4
Jun 17 2025
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
1
Jun 18 2025
Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
3
Jun 19 2025
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
2
Jun 20 2025
Arular
M.I.A.
1
Jun 21 2025
Vespertine
BjΓΆrk
4
Jun 22 2025
Sound Affects
The Jam
4
Jun 23 2025
Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
2
Jun 24 2025
Station To Station
David Bowie
4
Jun 25 2025
Talk Talk Talk
The Psychedelic Furs
4
Jun 26 2025
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
3
Jun 27 2025
Kenza
Khaled
2
Jun 28 2025
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
2
Jun 29 2025
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
4
Jun 30 2025
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
2
Jul 01 2025
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
4
Jul 02 2025
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
3
Jul 03 2025
The Joshua Tree
U2
4
Jul 04 2025
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
4
Jul 05 2025
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
1
Jul 06 2025
Before And After Science
Brian Eno
4
Jul 07 2025
Face to Face
The Kinks
4
Jul 08 2025
Urban Hymns
The Verve
3
Jul 09 2025
Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
2
Jul 10 2025
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
Twee country music, everything I hate about American music.
1
Jul 11 2025
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4
Jul 12 2025
Beautiful Freak
Eels
2
Jul 13 2025
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
I just canβt get into Dylan - bored out of my mind trying to get through this.
2
Jul 14 2025
Crazysexycool
TLC
A decent mid 90βs female hip hop album - probably the template for countless bands at the time and waterfalls is still a classic pop song.
3
Jul 15 2025
World Clique
Deee-Lite
The sound you get when funk and disco meet early 90βs house. Groovy but dated.
3
Jul 16 2025
Copper Blue
Sugar
2
Jul 17 2025
Scum
Napalm Death
2
Jul 18 2025
The La's
The La's
4
Jul 19 2025
In Rainbows
Radiohead
5
Jul 20 2025
Faith
George Michael
The best pop album of the 80βs
5
Jul 21 2025
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
5
Jul 22 2025
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
It may be an important album but itβs just not for me.
1
Jul 23 2025
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
An album Iβve heard a few times over the years - enjoyable without being exceptional.
4
Jul 24 2025
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
1
Jul 25 2025
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2
Jul 26 2025
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
2
Jul 27 2025
American Gothic
David Ackles
1
Jul 28 2025
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1
Jul 29 2025
Truth
Jeff Beck
4
Jul 30 2025
Spiderland
Slint
3